MADRID: Real Madrid maintained its 11-year unbeaten run over Atletico Madrid with a 2-0 victory Sunday that kept it top of the Spanish league despite Lionel Messi's 16th goal of the season inspiring Barcelona to victory at Getafe. Madrid hasn't lost a Spanish capital derby since 1999 as first-half goals from Ricardo Carvalho and Mesut Oezil ensured that streak stretched even longer. Madrid stayed top of the standings with 26 points from 10 games, one better than Barcelona after the defending champion won 3-1 earlier. Barcelona dominated the chances at the Alfonso Perez stadium as midfielder Xavi Hernandez shook off a nagging Achilles injury to play. Messi scored his eighth league goal after sweeping a pass from David Villa beyond goalkeeper Jordi Codina in the 23rd minute. The Argentina forward returned the favor for Villa in the 34th as the striker hit his fifth goal of the season with a right-footed shot. Messi then robbed defender Cata Diaz in the 65th and Pedro Rodriguez slotted past Codina for his first goal of the season. Getafe scored in the 70th after Gerard Pique was red carded for handling a pass inside the area. Manu del Moral stepped up to convert the penalty and become the club's all-time leading scorer from his 30th goal. Villarreal rallied to beat Athletic Bilbao 4-1 to maintain its own title credentials with 23 points. Also, Gabriel Fernandez's penalty in the sixth minute of injury time gave Zaragoza its first win of the season, a 3-2 win over Mallorca. Zaragoza moved out of last above Malaga on goal difference with both teams sharing seven points. In other games, it was: Almeria 1, Sporting Gijon 1; Osasuna 3, Hercules 0; and Levante 1, Deportivo La Coruna 2. Roma beats Lazio In Rome, Marco Borriello and Mirko Vucinic converted penalties as AS Roma beat Serie A leader Lazio 2-0 Sunday in a contentious derby, with Lazio protesting it was denied a penalty that could have led to an equalizer. Each side also hit the woodwork in an entertaining match at the Stadio Olimpico that wasn't decided until the final five minutes. It was Lazio's second loss of the season and it cut the Roman club's lead to two points following AC Milan's 3-2 win over Bari, with the Rossoneri getting goals from Massimo Ambrosini, Mathieu Flamini and Alexandre Pato. Lazio has 22 points, Milan has 20 and five-time defending champion Inter Milan has 19 following its 1-1 draw with Brescia Saturday. Juventus beat 10-man Cesena 3-1 with goals from Alessandro Del Piero, Fabio Quagliarella and Vincenzo Iaquinta and Edinson Cavani scored both goals in Napoli's 2-0 win over Parma, tying Inter's Samuel Eto'o for the league scoring lead with eight goals each. Wlsewhere Palermo beat Genoa 1-0; Daniele Conti gave Cagliari an early lead but Antonio Floro Flores equalized just before halftime in a 1-1 draw, while Sampdoria drew 0-0 at home with Catania. Earlier, Fiorentina beat Chievo Verona 1
